"This one is personal for you, isn't it?"
"I just...…want to give back. Show them that I am not just a ruthless killer who only cares about etching roads into mountains and nothing out."
"Uhhhh...that's exactly what you've been doing."
"Am not?"
"It felt like it."
"Well...time to change that."
"How?"
"I honestly have no idea."
*Phueeeeeeee...….Phueeeeeeeeeee*
Careful, Jacklyn."
"I am not going to hit the swords with my powers. Unlike you, I cannot control dirt, so I won't accidentally flip them up when I am searching."
"I know. Just...."
"Ruby, I am not looking to fill in for Rainbow, so if you're trying to compare me with her soft touch, then forget it."
"Wasn't trying.
*Beep...…..Beep...Beep*
Just....Thank you."
"For what?"
"I'm sure you would want to be at the party. Not....
*Shriiuaaafff...shrrriiiuuuaaaafff*
Digging through leaves and grub to find a sword that may or may not be broken or split."
"I'm not going to lie you, I would prefer the party."
"Go one then."
"But…....helping cope a grieving friend is way better.
So, if you think I came out here looking for you to bring you back with me, then you are wrong."
"Why did you come out here then? What were you expecting to find?"
"Not a girl covered in dirt and grass. Truly a new look on you, unlike any of your dresses...…that's for sure.
You are really in tune with your Mother, I see."
"I will do anything to gain people's trust back."
"I'm sure Rainbow would have too."
"She didn't plan on it."
"What do you mean?"
"She knew long ago she was not getting out of this. So, she left a message for me, through Pica."
".....I see."
"Jacklyn…..no. She....no. She was not professing anything that I didn't already know."
"I said nothing."
"Good.
Keep searching. They can't be far."
"You said the Dragon split her in two. I've never seen one up close, but they can throw very far. Are you sure we are even in the right place?"
"Doubting my intellect?"
"No.
Just thinking we could just ask Stephanie to borrow her mirror. You know…..easily track anything we wish for."
"Jacklyn, that Mirror is made from me, because it is me."
"It's a pride thing?"
"Not pride. Just shouldn't have to compete with myself over everything. Kain said I was supposed to share my powers with the world, and thankfully that has happened...but not the way it was intended."
"And now you have to fight yourself?"
"What if....."
"Yes?"
"What if...."
"Go on."
"What if I was the reason everyone split? I can't remember anything of the latter, but.....am I crazy for thinking that?"
"I mean...….who created the Dragons? Where did they come from? And why do they abide by their own rules, and not ours. Except.....at any moment they could easily just wipe us. So...…why aren't they? Who is the one pulling the strings telling them to back off? It certainly isn't the Secret Bearer, because all they do is keep information from us, but sometimes even they don't know what they are protecting."
"Messed up world we are living in. Right?"
"True.
*Pick*
...…..But that world just got a whole lot brighter. Your badside may be bad, but your goodside is so so good."
"You found them?"
"Just one.
...…Do you have any sterilizer?"
"Ewwwwwwwww, put that down. You don't touch stuff off the floor with your hands."
"Sorry.
So, about that cleaning you told us not to do? You want to rethink that!!!!!!!!!!"